Call For Instructor Proposals Deadline Extended

The Workshop and Seminar planners for the ANWG 2013 NW Weavers Conference will accept instructor proposals through Feb. 16, 2012.  The conference will be June 17-23, 2013, on the campus of Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.

Instructors can download the application at the conference website: www.anwg-conference-2013.com.  The Workshop and Seminar planners expect to develop a diverse and interesting schedule of classes in fiber-related areas – weaving, spinning, design, dyeing and surface design, embellishment, basketry, braiding, clothing construction, color theory, computer applications, felting, knitting, ethnic investigation and other fiber techniques.  The deadline was extended two weeks to give interested instructors additional time to apply.

The 2013 conference theme is “Crossing Borders, Crossing Threads.” It is an appropriate theme for a weaving conference at Western Washington University, so near the Canadian border in Bellingham. It is a theme that honors the influences of the many cultures whose people have crossed borders and brought their weaving traditions with them. The theme also celebrates the influences of woven borders and traditional cultures on design and color in our modern world.

Those interested in receiving conference updates should visit the website and sign up for the conference newsletter.

HATS!  FELTED, KNITTED, AND CERAMIC

Whatcom Weavers Guild members Donna Hunter and Marilyn Olsen will share their approaches to hats in several media.

Donna, an accomplished felt-maker, has made felt hats of many shapes and styles.  She will be showing samples of those and describing the process by which they are made. She also teaches novices to make hats in her Blaine studio.  Marilyn, a ceramics artist as well as a fiber artist, has made matching pairs of fanciful ceramic and knit art hats, and will describe her approach to knitting the unusual elements of her knit hats. Members and guests are also invited to bring hats they have made and show them at the meeting.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at St. James Presbyterian Church’s lower level meeting room at 910 14th St. in Bellingham.  Admission is free.

For further information about the Whatcom Weavers Guild, visit www.whatcomweaversguild.org or contact Sheri Ward, info@whatcomweaversguild.org or 360-961-4956.

FibreEssence call for entry – Cherry Blossoms: a Textile Translation. April 17 to 29, 2012 at the Silk Purse Gallery, 1570 Argyle Ave, West Vancouver. Entries can be 48 inches wide or smaller, and follow the cherry blossom theme using anything from real petals to the suggestion of pink in an abstract design. Original work only; functional pieces as well as wall pieces are welcome. Deadline, March 19, 2012. For more detailed information, contact Judy Villett at 604-215-8537, or jvillett@hotmail.com

The Seymour Art Gallery
FibreEssence
& WAVe (Wearable Arts Vancouver)

The Art of Fashion, 2012
Call For Entry

This is a juried show and sale of wearable art, accessories and jewelry, to be held Sunday, April 1, 2012 at The Artemis Studio and Gallery, and The Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, North Vancouver.

The show is a fundraiser for the Seymour Art Gallery, therefore 20% of income from sales will go to the gallery.

Accepted artists will be located at both the Seymour Art Gallery and the Artemis Studio and Gallery. Details regarding works to be included in the Parade of Fashion, as well as set up and rehearsals will be sent to accepted artists.

Artists are responsible for their own insurance.

Application Information:

Please include a brief cv, and send this along with your CD of images and your cheque payable to FibreEssence to cover the entry fee. Entry forms, CD, and fees must be received at the Seymour Art Gallery, 4360 Gallant Avenue, North Vancouver, V7G 1L2, by 5pm on Feb 16, 2012. Please mark your envelope “The Art of Fashion”

Images
We require images of 3 pieces of the type of work you plan to include in the show.
Please send no more than 3 images per piece, and these should be jpg files. Keep them to 1MB or less. Remember, your work will be judged from the photos so do not have distracting backgrounds, and be sure to include a detail so the quality of the work can be seen. Indicate on the form the description of the pieces, along with the number of images per piece, in the order in which they appear on the CD.

Be sure your name appears on all pieces of your entry, including the CD.
We also require a description of your display set up and the amount of space you will require.

Artists will be notified of acceptance or otherwise by Dec 30, 2011.

Please contact Joyce Redford or Ros Aylmer if you have any questions.
rejoyce33@gmail.com
rosaqed@shaw.ca

Download entry form [download#37#nohits]

There is space available in a workshop on Lace weaves to be given by Susan
Wilson Feb. 18-19, 2012. This workshop is sponsored by the Olympia Weavers
Guild and will be held at the North Olympia Fire Station on Boston Harbor
Rd., Olympia.

Participants will supply and work on their own looms. On the first day
weaver-controlled techniques, e.g. Brook’s bouquet and leno, which allow the
weaver to place the lacey areas wherever desired in the cloth will be
covered. Pictorial images and geometric shapes can be created at will. On
the second day lace will be created “automatically” using the
loom-controlled lace structures, e.g. huck, Swedish lace, and Bronson lace.
Students will create a sampler of a variety of weaver-controlled techniques
and one 4-shaft or 8-shaft loom-controlled structure. Drafting principles
for several loom-controlled structures, as well as techniques for creating
lace on other threadings, will be covered.

Level: advanced beginner or intermediate and up. Must be able to warp a loom
with even tension, weave balanced plain weave, and read a draft. 4-shaft or
8-shaft loom required. Drafts will be sent at the time of registration and
the loom must be warped and ready to go at workshop time. Cost will be
between $60-$70 depending on the number of participants. No materials fee.
To register, please contact Karen Anderson at mkanderson@fairpoint.net.

Susan Wilson, a weaver for 40 years, has lectured and taught workshops
throughout the U.S. and at several Convergences and regional conferences.
You can read more about her at http://www.susanwilsonhandweaving.com/

Karen Anderson Olympia Weavers Guild Workshop Chair

Hello
I am wanting to start the weaving group as a regular monthly meeting
I am proposing the 4th monday in the month and can be daytime or evening.

I am hoping to involve   new weavers , using this group as a way to spark interest and support and your experience and expertise would be a great help.
Does monday still work for you if you are still interested to mentor or participate in anyway should be get some new weavers, let me know.

If you know of anyone who would be interested please let them know.  I will be sending out a message in the Jan newsletter (Great we have a newsletter again) to the membership just thought I would like to let you know first.

Krista

Ron Snyder will demonstrate traditional broom making at the December meeting of the Whatcom Weavers Guild.  He has been making historically accurate primitive American brooms for over 25 years.  He learned his styles from old master broom squires throughout the South, and he formerly owned a Shaker broom factory in Michigan for many years.  Ron will demonstrate broom making (which involves quite a bit of weaving) while telling the history of brooms in America, and how the craft has evolved over the past two centuries.  With the use of a resisting wheel, he will make both a basic sweeping broom for the hearth and porch, as well as a cobweb broom that is guaranteed to remove your webs with just a spin of the broom.  Handmade brooms are not only functional, they make wonderful gifts for the holiday season. There will be a variety of brooms for sale after the presentation, and what better way to start the new year than with a “clean sweep”.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at St. James Presbyterian Church’s lower level meeting room at 910 14th St. in Bellingham.  Admission is free.

For further information about the Whatcom Weavers Guild, visit www.whatcomweaversguild.org or contact Sheri Ward, info@whatcomweaversguild.org or 360-961-4956.